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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Yesterday Was

Those don't come along often, but when they do, there is only one cure.

More coffee.

#2 Son and i spent a futile hour trying to get him a work permit. Someone here in our part of south Louisiana decided that before teens can get a job, they have to get a work permit from their school.

If the child is in a small private school or home school, you have to go to the public school s/he would attend to get this precious slip of paper.

It cannot be denied to the teen who wants it, no matter the student's grades or participation in other activities. It is not filed with any state or local agency. It is simply a paperwork boondoggle meant to make us run around uselessly so we can say we did it, if anyone ever asks, which they don't.

It is especially useless when, as with Bigger Girl a couple of years ago, it is needed for a summer job. Yes, when school is out, and you are 17, or even if you graduated at 17 as some do, you still have to go get a work permit from school.

A permit, as i noted, that they cannot deny you, and which no one will ever see or bother with.

Thus, after going to two different schools and being given information, but no piece of paper, i needed more coffee.

"Everybody should believe something. I believe I'll have more coffee." Anonymous

Today is:

Day of Selene -- Ancient Greek Calendar (goddess of the moon, date approximate)

Equirria -- Ancient Roman Calendar (Cavalry Horse Festival)

Feast
of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows/Gabriel Possenti (Patron of
clerics, students, young people; Abruzzi, Italy; Catholic Action)

The first Russian Embassy arrives in London, 1557The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland, 1560Yuan
Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese
into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci, 1626Jews are expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I, 1670The Pacific island of New Britain is discovered, 1700Poet
Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords,
in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county
of Nottinghamshire, 1812The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti, 1844Composer Robert Schumann is saved from a suicide attempt in Rhine, 1854Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland, 1861The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships, 1870Charlotte E. Ray becomes the first African American woman to earn a law degree, from Howard University, 1872Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway, 1912Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14, 1940The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over, 1964The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota, 1973People magazine is published for the first time, 1974U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated", 1991A Muslim mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya, 2002The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in 10 years, 2007Central Chile is hit with an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, 2010

oh the dreaded work permit! I know very well what you are talking about....lots of needless running around. and if they start working at 14..they still need to get another work permit for age 15, and 16 ...

I'm glad your head is feeling better. And that work permit thing sounds like total busy work that doesn't accomplish much, but i know he needs to have it. And this blog isn't boring at all like your heading at the top says it is. :)